diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 25856d352..49e5b6cc4 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
     <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">
       AbstractReferenceMap.SoftRef implements hashCode() but not equals().
     </action>
+    <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">
+      AbstractReferenceMap.WeakRef implements hashCode() but not equals().
+    </action>
     <!-- ADD -->
     <action issue="COLLECTIONS-760" dev="kinow" type="add" due-to="Isira Seneviratne">
       Add tests for MapUtils.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/map/AbstractReferenceMap.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/map/AbstractReferenceMap.java
index 3aab462d1..346427171 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/map/AbstractReferenceMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/map/AbstractReferenceMap.java
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractReferenceMap<K, V> extends AbstractHashedMap<K, V>
             if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
                 return false;
             }
-            SoftRef<?> other = (SoftRef<?>) obj;
+            final SoftRef<?> other = (SoftRef<?>) obj;
             return hash == other.hash;
         }
     }
@@ -999,6 +999,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractReferenceMap<K, V> extends AbstractHashedMap<K, V>
         public int hashCode() {
             return hash;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if (this == obj) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (obj == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            final WeakRef<?> other = (WeakRef<?>) obj;
+            return hash == other.hash;
+        }
     }
 
     /**